Woman Found in Chimney

PJGirl321

Wow...you would think that at 49 someone would know when to give up on a relationship that is either toxic or just not the right thing.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/d ... e/19615907


Calif. Doctor Gets Stuck in Boyfriend's Chimney, DiesUpdated: 18 hours 10 minutes ago

AP BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Aug. 31) -- A doctor involved in an "on-again, off-again" relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later.

Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary DeGeare said.

While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said.

The man's identity was not revealed by police, but the man who resides in the home is William Moodie, 58.

"She made an unbelievable error in judgment and nobody understands why, and unfortunately she's passed away," Moodie told The Associated Press. "She had her issues - she had her demons - but I never lost my respect for her."

Reached by telephone, Moodie did not dispute the police's characterization of his relationship with Kotarac. He would not comment on the circumstances that led to her death, saying it was more important to focus on the good she did in life.

Moodie, who runs an engineering consulting firm, said Kotarac was a superb internist who often provided service and medication free of charge to her patients.

Kotarac apparently died in the chimney, but her body was not discovered until a house-sitter noticed a stench and fluids coming from the fireplace Saturday, according to a police statement. The house-sitter and her son investigated with a flashlight and found Kotarac dead, wedged about two feet above the top of the interior fireplace opening.

Firefighters spent five hours late Saturday dismantling the chimney and flue from outside the home to extract Kotarac's body, DeGeare said.

Officials said Kotarac's office staff reported her missing two days prior when she failed to show for work. Her car and belongings remained near the man's house.

A cause of death has not been determined, and an autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday. Foul play is not suspected, though investigators have been looking into the incident as suspicious.

eyedclaar

I was going to deny any involvement, but it looks like this one did it to herself. Free and clear...

RKCNDY

PJGirl321 wrote:

Wow...you would think that at 49 someone would know when to give up on a relationship that is either toxic or just not the right thing.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/d ... e/19615907



While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said.


Officials said Kotarac's office staff reported her missing two days prior when she failed to show for work. Her car and belongings remained near the man's house.

A cause of death has not been determined, and an autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday. Foul play is not suspected, though investigators have been looking into the incident as suspicious.

Ummmm.....don't you think that if the dude knew she was coming thru the chimney and her car was still parked outside a day later somebody would have called the police to remove 'a trespasser' or at least investigate instead of waiting until 'a stench and fluids were coming from the chimney'?

RYEzupSF

4and20 wrote:

PJGirl321 wrote:

Wow...you would think that at 49 someone would know when to give up on a relationship that is either toxic or just not the right thing.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/d ... e/19615907



While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said.


Officials said Kotarac's office staff reported her missing two days prior when she failed to show for work. Her car and belongings remained near the man's house.

A cause of death has not been determined, and an autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday. Foul play is not suspected, though investigators have been looking into the incident as suspicious.

Ummmm.....don't you think that if the dude knew she was coming thru the chimney and her car was still parked outside a day later somebody would have called the police to remove 'a trespasser' or at least investigate instead of waiting until 'a stench and fluids were coming from the chimney'?

I'm with you.Something smells in this story.

MrMerkinball

"He would not comment on the circumstances that led to her death, saying it was more important to focus on the good she did in life".

yeah - pay no attention to her death. Don't worry about that.... :roll:

justam

How unstable must she have been to even ATTEMPT to get into someone's house by going down a chimney? That seems waaaaay past the point of reasonable behavior.

PJGirl321

I don't think we've heard the last of this...sounds like he left the house cause she was trying to get in and he was avoiding her??? Then he skipped town to go to Europe for "3 days."